Dominique Lebrun

Dominique Lebrun (10 January 1957-) was the Catholic Archbishop of Rouen and Primate of Normandy from 11 October 2015, succeeding Jean-Charles Descubes.

Biography
Dominique Lebrun was born on 10 January 1957 in Rouen, Normandy to a Catholic family. He was the son of a widow who became a nun after her children completed their schooling, and he was a soccer referee for thirteen years before he entered the French seminary in Rome in 1978. In 1990, he supported his PhD thesis in theological science, and he later became the spiritual director of the French seminary. In 2003, he became the priest of the Basilica of Saint-Denis, and on 28 June 2006 he was appointed Bishop of Saint-Etienne. Lebrun was involved with the Christian radio station RCF as well as the Conference of French Bishops, and his involvement with the church led to him being appointed to the Archbishopric of Rouen and Primacy of Normandy on 10 July 2015, being installed on 11 October 2015. Pope Francis appointed him to this title, making him the most important Catholic authority in northern France. He restored the carillon of the Rouen Cathedral to have new bells, which were christened on 3 April 2016, and he was loved by his community. In the aftermath of the 2016 Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray church attack, he asked for both believers and nonbelievers to pray for the French priest Jacques Hamel, who was murdered by the Islamic State in the attack, saying that the only weapon that Catholics could use is prayer.